Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals contains a series of movie segments and activities to assess or practice grammar points through fun, challenging exercises. Here you will find the movie segments, the lesson plans, printable worksheets with answer key for each activity, and the tips to develop your own grammar activities with the DVDs you have at home. New activities are posted regularly. Teaching grammar with movie segments is inspiring and highly motivating.

Feb 29, 2016

ACRONYM: Technically, a word that is formed
by combining some parts (usually the first letters) of some other terms.
Newsgroups, chat rooms and e-mails have spawned a rich set of acronyms and
initialisms for common phrases. Here is a list of common acronyms used
nowadays.

ASAP: As Soon As Possible

ASL: Age/
Sex/ Location

AAMOF: As
a matter of fact.

ATM: At
This Moment.

BBL: Be
Back Later.

BC: Be
Cool.

BRB: Be
Right Back

BTW: By
the Way.

B4: Before

CU: See
You!

CUL: See
you Later.

Cuz: Because

DIY: Do
it yourself.

DND: Do
not Disturb.

F2F: Face
to Face.

FAQ: Frequently
asked questions.

FB: Facebook
(Most used)

FYI: For
your information.

GAL: Get
a Life.

GM: Good
Morning.

GN: Good
Night.

GNASD: Good
Night and Sweet Dreams

G2B: Going
to Bed.

GR8: Great.

G2G: Got
to Go.

HBU: How
about you.

HAND: Have
a Nice Day. (nice one)

IDC: I
don’t care.

IDK: I
don’t Know

IC: I
See. (As same as it sounds)

IDC: I
don’t care.

IMY: I
miss u

IS: I’m
sorry.

JAM: Just
a minute.

JK: Just
Kidding

K: Okay

LAM: Leave
a message.

LOL: Laugh
out Loud

LMK: Let
Me Know

L8R: Later.

MP: My
pleasure.

Msg: Message.

NP: No
problem.

OMG: Oh
my God!

Pls: Please

Ppl: People

ROFL: Rolling
On Floor Laughing

Q4U: Question
for you.

SD: Sweet
Dreams

sup: wassup

TBH: To
Be Honest

Tnx: Thanks

TY: Thank You

Txt: Text

TMI: Too
much information.

TTLY: Talk
to you later

WBU: What
about you.

W8AM: Wait
a minute.

Watch the
movie segment. Observe that many people are texting during the scene.Work in
pairs. Write a dialog with acronyms for you to describe what you saw and to
express your feelings about what happened. You may use other words, not only
acronyms.

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I'm a teacher at Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil. I'm a Branch Coordinator and Teacher Trainer as well. I really like movies and seeing them with "different" eyes, trying to see how I can use them in my classroom. Recently, I have dedicated my ideas to grammar activities with movie segments because, apparently, teachers use movies for many purposes, but grammar. Working with movie segments fosters students' production and interest. I truly believe that grammar exercises should be attractive. I have just developed a new blog for movie segments to enhance topic based classes, focusing on conversation, listening comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. If you have suggestions for the blogs and the activities, just say it!